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DUMPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1903.

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DUMPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1` 1903.

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PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

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DUMPING GAR.

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Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM GIESECKE, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.n

DUIVIPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,161, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed September 1, 1903. Serial No. 171,491. (No model.)

T0 all whom' t may concern.-

Be it known that l, WILHELM GrEsnoKn, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Cologne, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Cars, ofV which the following is a specilieither side or from both sides simultaneously and which is of substantial and simple construction and not liable to get out of order.

According to the preferred form of my invention the car-bottom is provided with suitable gates or doors, and beneath these are arranged two inclined chutes or plates oppositely arranged with their upper edges meeting at an apex, at which point a flap or switch is provided which is capable'of directing the load or a part thereof onto one or the other of said inclined plates. Other features of construction are provided, which will be referred to hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, which show in cross-.section several modifications of my invention, Figurel is a view of one form, showing the car-bottom closed. Fig. 2 isa view showing the car discharging its load to one side. Fig. 3 shows the car unloading from both sides. Fig. 4: is a view of another form in which the bottom is partly flat and partly inclined, Fig. 5 showing lthe car unloading from one side and Fig.6 showingit unloading from both sides. Fig. 7 is a view of a third form, showing the car unloading from both sides; and Fig. 8 is a view showing it unloading from one side only. l

Referring first to Figs. l to 3, A represents the body of the car,having a longitudinal beam or girder A', which preferably runs the length of the car. The car is provided with a bottom which practically consists of a double hopper or chute. Upon each side of the central beam A are provided two oppositely-inclined gates or plates a and a' ZJ', those of one side being hinged at their lower edges,

to be rotated by handles g, as shown in dotted A lines.

The handles are held by catches 71,.

with the catches d in position to engage the plates a a. The plates Z1 b are adapted to be held in their closed positions by similar catches o' on shafts o, handles j j and catches la 7c being provided to hold the catches o' in proper position when the gates are closed. Below the bottom of the car are arranged chutes or plates e c', which may be. fixed as shown or otherwise and which form a ridge or apex at their meeting edges, at which point a flap or switch f ishinged. This switch is adapted to turn to the right or left, there being provided suitable stops Z l', which arrest the plate when it has reached approximately the inclination of the chutes or plates e e. The switch f may be fixed at its lower edge to a rock-shaft m, provided with a handle m', by which the switch may be tilted in either direction. The switch being below the gates is normally free of the weight of the material, so that it may be quickly and easily swung to any desired position. When it is desired to dump the car so that the material is all delivered to one side thereof-as, for instance, the side shown at the left in Fig. 2-the plate wis released from its catch and falls by its own weight or that of the material to the position shown, at which point it forms a slide or chute in continuation o`f the gate b. The side beam or sill of the car may conveniently form a stop for the plate a, as shown at a2. The chute so formed by the gates a ande` will deliver practically a half ofthe material contained in the car or that part of the load which falls to the left of the beam A. The switch f is thrown to the right so that it rests against the stop Z and the gate o is released, which also falls against this stop, and these two parts-y the switch and the plate-thus form a continuation of the plate a and deliver the material from the right-hand side of the car onto the plate e, which in turn leads it to the side of the car, as shown. 1f the switch f is turned IOO to the right so as to rest against the stop l, the material would be switched to the opposite chute e', and thus be delivered at'the other side of the car; but I prefer when the car is to be unloaded from both sides to release the hight-hand plate a', as shown in Fig. 3, the chutes @and d and switchf remaining inactive.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the plates a c are replaced by fixed plates n n', and the plates b b' instead of being inclined are horizontal. When it is desired to dump the car from one side, the switch f is swung to the opposite side and bothgates Z) b are opened. In this construction the stops Z Z are omitted and stops 0 0 substituted therefor. These stops permit the gates Z) to swing past them; but Ithe switch f being longer than the gates I) t', engages one or the other of the stops. The up- .per part of the switch f will, however, engage the lower edge of the gate Z) or b', depending upon to which side it lis thrown. As shown in Fig. 5, the switch is thrown to the left and engages the lower edge of the gate b, so that it is held rigidly and forms a chute with the switch f and plate e for the material in the nright-hand side of the car. The opposite gate Ab, however, swings around past the vertical, being held in this position by the outfiowing material. To discharge from both sides of the car, the switch f isplaced in a middle position, as shown in Fig. 6, when both gates b swing down past the vertical.

Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a modification in which the plates a aare replaced by fixed horizontal plates p p', the action of unloading being the same as with the construction of Figs. 4 to 6, except that the material which is left on the horizontal surfaces o p should be pushed ofi' by hand.

The several gates, chutes, and switch may be extended the entire length of the car, or the ends of the car may be provided with inclined bottoms, or these may be flat, if desired.

n Theinvention is applicable to carts, wagons, ac., or other vehicles which can be unloaded from `the bottom. g

n It will be understood that my invention is capable of being used with other forms of construction than those shown, and I therefore do not wish to be limited thereto.

I claim as my invention the following-delined novel features, substantially as hereinbefore specified, namely:

l. A dumping-car having gates at its bottom, oppositely-inclined plates below said gates, and a swinging switch below said gates so as to be normally free from the weightI of the material and adapted to deliver the material'to one or the other of said plates.

2. In a dumping-car, swinging gates arranged at the bottom thereof, said gates being hinged at their outer edges to the car-body, oppositely-inclined plates beneath said gates, and a switch comprising a plate adapted to be tilted to form a continuation of one of said gates and thus connect it with one of said gates.

3. In a dumping-car, a pair of inner swinging gates Z) Z/ hinged at their outer edges and closing toward the center of the car, and a pair of outer gates a a hinged at their inner edges and closing toward the sides of the car, whereby the material may be discharged in part throughan outer andin part through an inner gate.

4. A dumping-car having below its body a pair of oppositely-inclined plates meeting in an apeX,and a switch-plate pivoted atthe apex of said inclined plates to form .with one or the other a continuous discharge plate or chute.

5. A dumping-car havinga pair of swinging gates hinged at their outer edges and lclosing toward the center of the car, and a swinging switch beneath said gates so as to be normally free from the weight of the material and adapted to receive and direct the material from either one of said gates when opened.

6. A dumping-car, having a longitudinal beam, oppositely arranged swinging gates, each hinged at its outer edge, and closing against said beam, catches for holding said gates in place, oppositely-inclined plates beneath said gates, a switch pivoted at theapeX of said plates, and adapted to be swung to one side or the other to form a continuation of one or the other of said plates, means for arresting said switchy in its different positions, and means for arresting the downward swinging of one of said gates.

7. In a dumping-car having gates hinged at their outer sides, and adapted to swing around fixed pivotal axes, oppositely-inclined plates for delivering the material below the gates, a centrally-arranged 'support forming an apex in the general direction of which such plates are inclined,` said support being arranged below the path of the gates, so that there is left a space between said support and the edges of said gates as the latter swing past the support, and means below said gates and independent of the fioor of the car so as to be normally free from the weightof the material, adapted to bridge over saidspace.

y In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in. the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

WILHELM GIESEGKE. l/Vitnesses V HENRY HAsPER, WILLIAM MAYNER.

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